Getting your player ready...
A couple hundred haiku about swimming was just what we needed to take the edge off of last week’s heat. The entry to The Denver Post’s $25 Haiku Contest that we really thought was cool came from Greg Platt of Greeley:
Beneath the hot sun
Laughter carries on the wind
Schools of children swim
You can read the rest of the watery entries at . And if they make you feel like you’ve got something to say in 5-7-5 poetry form, enter a one-stanza haiku at
lifestyle@denverpost.com or file it at . Don’t forget to include your name and hometown in the message. Our favorite wins a gift certificate to the Tattered Cover Book Store.
This week’s topic: Heat.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
